Hermeneutical paradoxes in the trial of Socrates

Abstract:

The logical role of the paradox is not to state a truth whose
paradoxical nature lies in the difficulty we feel in maintaining it as
true, but rather to state somefhing thaf will cause fo feel as fa/se
something else we previously believed to be true. The Socrafic
paradox, somefimes called the "moral paradox, " is convincing and
true because if implicitly raises the question about the true good.
The drama of Socrates' trial and death indeed iIIustrates a
dilemma, in which on the one hand the philosopher cannot accept
the way of I ife prescribed by his tradition but 0 n the other hand
cannot offer an unquestionable alternative to it. The best
approach to the Socratic problem is an ec/ectic one, using all the
ancient sourees instead of championing a single author at the
expense of the rest.